Showing posts with label Mike Leeb. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Mike Leeb. Show all posts

Tuesday, October 8, 2019

GRANDS UPDATE

Son-in-law Mike in the upper left corner

Many of you have sent prayers and well wishes for my husband's daughter's family.
As you may have read a few weeks back,
our son-in-law is suffering from Stage 3 Brain Cancer.
He recently had a check-up and very little progress has been made
after all the radiation and chemo he has been thru.
So we feel fortunate and blessed that at least he seems to be feeling better
and has gone back to work,
and that the tumor has stopped growing in size.
But he still has a long ways to go.
My husband and I would like to thank all of you for your prayers for Mike and the boys.
We have been spending a lot of time with them,
especially enjoying those babies and watching them grow.
The two little men couldn't be more different from each other.
The baby is compact and strong,
beefy you might call him, 
showing a lot of personality and wanting to make us laugh.
He loves his big brother, the water and to eat,
and is crawling around the house like an unstoppable locomotive.
Syd is the more cerebral one so far.
 He is a sieve like his father.
He craves new information constantly;
he loves learning about everything.
He reads every night with his parents
and can name practically every car on the road,
even vintage ones.
His favorite place is the new Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles.
Syd is long and lanky,
and not very interested in food.
He just started playing soccer and is thriving in the sport.
And he loves school and his teacher.

Both of the boys love their Pop Pop like crazy!

Friday, August 9, 2019

BABYSITTING DUTIES CALL

Oh Boy,
Jim and I got to do our first all day long with our newest 8 month old grandson.
We had a ball,
but it worn us out let me tell you.
Anthony is crawling now, 
but not with all fours. 
 He's only using his forearms and elbows.
He hasn't quite figured out the knees yet.
But he and Jim raced all over that house.
I was in charge of the all the walking around the neighborhood,
feeding and diaper changes
which suits me just fine.
The most challenging part was getting him to go down for his nap. 
He is a stubborn fellow.
hee hee
but I managed to get him down.
And man oh man can he eat.
He likes everything his mom set out for him.
I'm pretty sure I've not mentioned it
 but Syd and Anthony's daddy has been diagnosed with a stage 3 Brain Tumor this past February.
He has been battling it with such grace and dignity
and just recently was allowed to go back to work.
He is a proud Orange County Sheriff.
When he got home last night from work 
I could tell he is still really struggling to feel well and beat this thing.
So I'd like to  reach out to all of you and ask for your thoughts and prayers.
It has been really hard on the family as you can imagine.
Especially his wife,
my Jim's daughter.
She is truly exhausted.
He never complains and puts up the most brave front for all of us,
but I saw it yesterday on his face that it is a real struggle.
Thank you all.